Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to American Protestantism
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to American Protestantism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Historical Overview
- 1 Early America
- 2 From the Revolution to the Civil War
- 3 The Industrial Age: 1865–1945
- 4 Protestantism and American Culture
- Part II The Religious Culture of American Protestantism
- Part III Theological Traditions
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page ii)
1 - Early America
from Part I - Historical Overview
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 May 2022
- The Cambridge Companion to American Protestantism
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to American Protestantism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Historical Overview
- 1 Early America
- 2 From the Revolution to the Civil War
- 3 The Industrial Age: 1865–1945
- 4 Protestantism and American Culture
- Part II The Religious Culture of American Protestantism
- Part III Theological Traditions
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page ii)
Summary
In Early America Protestant believers on one hand tried to continue and root their traditions in the New World, while on the other their practice was constrained, shaped, and transformed by their setting. American Protestantism in early America developed from many significant dynamics: planting European Protestantism in the New World, encountering Native American religion, reckoning with slavery, experiencing the Great Awakening and the rise of evangelicalism, defining roles for women, engaging American enlightenments, and interacting with politics. In the process, American Protestantism took on many characteristics that would long influence its course and identity.
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- The Cambridge Companion to American Protestantism , pp. 9 - 29Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022